LES ISLES ANTILLES ET LE GOLFE DU MEXIQUE
£145
Detailed and finely engraved copper engraved map of the West Indies and Central America. Bermuda inset top right.
Interesting the map shows the prevailing winds.
Excellent hand colour
Printed in heavy paper
Mint condition
Publication "Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre",
code : M5368
Cartographer : BONNE Rigobert
Date : 1780 Paris
Size : 21*32 cms
availability : Available
Price : £145
Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795), a prolific French cartographer, was active between about 1760 and 1788, working in the French Hydrographical Office, and appointed as Hydrographer to the French King.
Bonne prepared a large number of charts, some of which appeared in the Atlas Maritime. Today, he is best known for the smaller maps that he prepared for Raynal’s Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, published in 1780, and the Atlas Encyclopedique, published in conjunction with Nicholas Desmarest. Although the maps are relatively plain, dispensing with the decorative embellishment of mid-century, they are detailed and provide good coverage of newly discovered regions.
